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Wallace, David Foster [Peter Matthiessen]

Infinite Jest: A Novel.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1996.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus from the library of fellow novelist Peter Matthiessen. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the title page, “David Foster Wallace 2/96.” Additionally signed twice by jacket designer Steve Snider: on the jacket front panel and onContinue reading "Infinite Jest: A Novel."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152259

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Clavell, James

Noble House.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1981.

Signed limited first edition of “Clavell’s biggest triumph yet . . . storytelling done with dash and panache . . . a rousing read” (Washington Post). Octavo, original leather, all edges gilt, original slipcase. Boldly signed by James Clavell, with a note above, “signed but not numbered.” Fine in a fine slipcase.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152851

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Greene, Graham. [Michael Caine]

The Quiet American.

London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1955.

First edition of Greene’s classic novel of exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam, basis for the 2002 film directed by Philip Noyce, starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Academy Award-winning actor Michael Caine on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.Continue reading "The Quiet American."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152954

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Jones, Indiana. [Harrison Ford]

Indiana Jones Grail Diary Replica.

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Replica of Indiana Jones’ grail diary used in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Boldly signed by legendary actor Harrison Ford on the front panel, who played Indiana Jones in the films. In near fine condition.

$2,250.00

Item Number: 1529

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Wiesel, Elie. [Peter Matthiessen]

Night.

London : MacGibbon & Kee, 1960.

First English edition of Nobel laureate Wiesel’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Paris Review co-founder Peter Matthiessen on the front free endpaper, “for Peter – Shalom, Elie Wiesel.” From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to haveContinue reading "Night."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152354

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Irving, John. [Michael Caine]

The Cider House Rules.

Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1985.

Signed limited first edition of Irving’s sixth novel, basis for the 1999 film starring Tobey Maguire and Michael Caine. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, frontispiece by Scott Reynolds. Boldly signed by John Irving and by Academy Award-winning actor Michael CaineContinue reading "The Cider House Rules."

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-152953

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Forsyth, Frederick. [Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan]

The Fourth Protocol.

San Francisco : Brandywyne Books, 1984.

Signed limited edition of this classic work, basis for the film bearing the same name starring Academy Award-winning actor Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frederick Forsyth, Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan. Fine in a fine dust jacket in the original slipcase. Jacket artwork by Ned Dameron.

$2,250.00

Item Number: 152955

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Maugham, W. Somerset

Smith: A Comedy in Four Acts.

London : William Heinemann, 1913.

First edition of Maugham’s Edwardian comedy Smith, a satire of fashionable London society and the merits of an honest parlourmaid. Duodecimo, in the original champagne wrappers lettered in brown. The author’s own copy, from his library at the Villa Mauresque and dispersed with the contents of the villa in November 1967. Villa Mauresque, the magnificentContinue reading "Smith: A Comedy in Four Acts."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-152299

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Dahl, Roald

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

First edition of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, one of the best-loved children’s books of all time, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front andContinue reading "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152351

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Salinger, J.D

Franny and Zooey.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1961.

First edition of J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey, two interconnected stories of the Glass family and, after The Catcher in the Rye, his best-loved book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karot gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to theContinue reading "Franny and Zooey."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152350

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Coelho, Paulo

Warrior of the Light: A Manual.

New York : Harper Collins, 2003.

First American edition of this companion work of the author’s popular The Alchemist. Duodecimo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Boldly signed by Paulo Coelho on the second front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152307

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McCullers, Carson

Reflections in a Golden Eye.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941.

First edition of Carson McCullers’s haunting second novel, a spare and unsettling tale of desire, obsession, and violence on a peacetime Army post in the American South. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt rulingContinue reading "Reflections in a Golden Eye."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152348

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Saint-Exupery, Antoine de; Translated by Katherine Woods

The Little Prince.

New York : Reynal and Hitchcock, 1943.

First edition of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s masterpiece, which precedes the first edition in French. Small quarto, original salmon cloth, illustrated by the author. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with the publisher’s address as 386 Fourth Avenue on the front flap and some expertContinue reading "The Little Prince."

$60,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152401

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Harris, Robert [Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan]

The Ghost.

London : Hutchinson, 2007.

First edition of this work, basis for the Roman Polanski film The Ghost Writer starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Robert Harris, Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. The signatures were obtained in person. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-152973

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One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw & His Brave Black Regiment

Burchard, Peter [Julia Child]

One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw & His Brave Black Regiment. [Glory].

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1965.

First edition of this work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film Glory, starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Cary Elwes. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Paul and Julia [Child] June 1965 From Peter.” The recipient, Julia Child wasContinue reading "One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw & His Brave Black Regiment. [Glory]."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150397

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Maris, Roger; Jim Ogle

Roger Maris at Bat.

New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962.

First edition of Roger Maris at Bat, the New York Yankees slugger’s own account of his career, published the year after he broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record, written with sportswriter Jim Ogle. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and ruling to the spine in sixContinue reading "Roger Maris at Bat."

$1,050.00

Item Number: RRB-152352

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Hardy, Thomas

The Return of the Native.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1949.

Finely bound example of Hardy’s classic novel. Octavo, bound in full blue morocco by Bayntun Riviere with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with a mapContinue reading "The Return of the Native."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152344

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Adventures, The Later Adventures, and The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1950-1952.

The Limited Editions Club edition of the celebrated tales of Sherlock Holmes, literature’s most famous detective. Octavo, eight volumes, bound in the original black cloth-backed patterned boards with gilt-lettered spine labels, all edges speckled, illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget, and others. Each set is one of 1,500 numbered copies, The Adventures is numberContinue reading "The Adventures, The Later Adventures, and The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-152343

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Maugham, W. Somerset

The Unattainable: A Farce in Three Acts.

London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1923.

First edition of Maugham’s classic work. Duodecimo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “This play was acted under the title of Carolinio. W. Somerset Maugham for Norman Unger.” The recipient, Norman Unger, was a legendary New York book collector who collected the works of modern authors for moreContinue reading "The Unattainable: A Farce in Three Acts."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-152295

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Puzo, Mario [Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton]

The Godfather.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969.

First edition of Puzo’s definitive novel of the Mafia underworld, signed by Mario Puzo, Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton. Octavo, original half black cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Puzo on the title page and by Academy Award-winning actors Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton on the front free endpaper. Robert AnthonyContinue reading "The Godfather."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152968

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Bradbury, Ray [Joe Mugnaini]

The Martian Chronicles.

Connecticut : The Connecticut Printers for the Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1974.

The Limited Editions Club edition of the book that established Bradbury’s literary reputation. Royal octavo, bound in the original publisher’s silver speckled black cloth, speckled endpapers, all edges speckled, illustrated with lithographs and prints throughout. One of 2,000 numbered copies, this is number 770. Boldly signed by Ray Bradbury and illustrator Joe Mugnaini on theContinue reading "The Martian Chronicles."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-152342

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Stockwell, John

Red Sunset.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1982.

First edition of the first novel, by the former CIA officer whose 1978 exposé In Search of Enemies made him one of the agency’s most prominent critics. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title, “For Larry, John R. Stockwell 21 April ’82.” Near fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "Red Sunset."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-152340

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Fitzgerald, Edward [Translator]

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám.

London : Robt. Riviere & Son, LTD, 1928.

Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Riviere and Son with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborately tooled in gilt with Persian motifs to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152337

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Kipling, Rudyard

Poems 1886-1929.

London : Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1929.

Signed limited first edition of this classic work. Quarto, three volumes, bound in original full red polished morocco with gilt titles and numbers to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one. One of 525 numbered copies, this is number 4. Boldly signedContinue reading "Poems 1886-1929."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152336

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